John Abercrombie
Senior Director at Epic Games
Cary, North Carolina, United States
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Top SchoolJohn Abercrombie is a senior engineering leader with over 25 years of experience building teams and platforms, currently serving as Senior Director at Epic Games in Cary, North Carolina. He has risen through technical and managerial ranks at Epic after a long tenure at Irrational Games, blending deep gameplay and AI programming roots with strategic leadership. Known for moving from hands-on senior gameplay programming to directing large engineering organizations, he delivers production-quality systems while scaling teams and processes. His career reflects a rare continuity in game development—shaping both low-level systems and high-level engineering culture across landmark studios. Based in the U.S., he brings a pragmatic, studio-tested approach to leadership that values long-term technical stewardship as much as shipping polished player experiences.
11 years of coding experience
21 years of employment as a software developer
Brandeis UniversityGithub contributions (5)
karabaos/UnrealVN
Jul 2014 - Feb 2015
Contributions:6 commits in 7 months
Luke0915/Unreal422
Mar 2019 - Mar 2019
The source code of Unreal422, may be modified by me.
Contributions:6 commits in 1 day
unreal-engineue4modified
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